Wednesday, 08 May 2019 20:00

Nominations for the ScareCON SCAR Awards 2019 Announced

Oakwood Theme Park has made the shortlist for one of the top awards in the scare industry after impressing industry experts.

Witch Hunt, a live-action scare maze at Oakwood Theme Park in Wales, has been nominated for ‘Best Out of Season Attraction’ at this year’s iconic SCAR Awards, which celebrate the very best in the scare industry.

The attraction - the first of its kind in Wales - features live actors and strobe lighting as thrill seekers are taken on a terrifying experience through a dark, disorientating maze filled with a range of frightening creatures and characters along the way.

Now in their eleventh year, the annual SCAR Awards, hosted by ScareCON, recognise the top attractions in the scream industry from across the UK and Europe, with a total of 15 award categories up for grabs. Oakwood is in the running for the accolade among other top UK attractions including Alton Towers and Thorpe Park.

Other nominations include:

  • Zombie Hunt and Living Nightmare Extreme at Thorpe Park (Best Zombie Experience)

  • Project 42 at Alton Towers (Best Set/Costume and Make Up)

  • Finale of Project 42 at Alton Towers (Best Scene/Set Piece)

  • Alton Towers Scarefest (Best Street Team and Entertainment)

  • The Alton Towers Dungeon (Best Year Round Attraction)

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Tuesday 21st May during ScareCON 2019 which will run at Alton Towers from 20th - 22nd May.

Phil Verbinnen, Park Director at Oakwood:

“It’s amazing to be shortlisted for the Scar Awards, which are the Oscars of the European scare industry. Witch Hunt represented the evolution of ideas we had put together following a successful Halloween offering the prior year. We have spent many months developing and perfecting Witch Hunt so it’s great to see our hard work and innovation over the last couple of years recognised. We are up against some very good and well-established attractions for the award so the competition will be tough, but we are excited to have Witch Hunt alongside those names. The feedback we have received for Witch Hunt has been very positive and we are immensely proud of what we have achieved with the attraction.”

Witch Hunt will reopen at Oakwood Theme Park from Saturday 25th May.

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